| Subject: Re: [EL] Public Finance Vote in House, more news |
| From: "Smith, Brad" <BSmith@law.capital.edu> |
| Date: 1/26/2011, 1:42 PM |
| To: Election Law |
Rick writes:
Today the House voted. See this post-vote statement from CLC and this pre-vote statement from CCP.
What happens next? Nothing. The bill will not get a vote in the Senate.
- I expect Rick will be wrong on that.
On a related note, Meredith McGeehee's CLC post linked above claims that the Republicans who today voted to end the system represented "the party of Nixon, not of Abraham Lincoln." Lincoln was elected in the days when there were no campaign finance laws, and Lincoln himself was even known to campaign anonymously. Nixon, on the other hand, was the President who signed the Revenue Act of 1991, which created the presidential public funding system that the House voted to repeal today.
Today the House voted. See this post-vote statement from CLC and this pre-vote statement from CCP.
What happens next? Nothing. The bill will not get a vote in the Senate or the President's signature. Nor will a bill aimed at fixing the broken system be passed. No serious candidate for President will accept public financing in 2012.
See this post at the New York Public Personnel blog.
A great lineup at this USF symposium on Feb. 25 in San Francisco, including a keynote by Jim Bopp. I had wanted to speak at this event but had a conflict---I hope there's a webcast!